Exodus 23:7
Keep thyself far from a false speech; and him who hath been declared innocent and righteous thou shalt not slay; for I will not justify the wicked.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
6Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Cross References
Exodus 23:1Thou shalt not receive a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Leviticus 19:11Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deny [another's property in your hands], nor lie one to another.
Deuteronomy 27:25Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay a person, an innocent blood; and all the people shall say, Amen.
Psalms 94:21They band themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and innocent blood do they condemn.
Proverbs 11:21The hand [of God] being against [his] hand, the bad man shall not go unpunished; but the seed of the righteous shall escape.
Isaiah 5:20Woe unto those that say of the evil it is good, and of the good it is evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:2-10
Judicial Laws. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: 3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. 4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help… Read the whole commentary →